How Scots are being urged to save water after driest start to year in decades

Warning to Fifers as region’s groundwater levels fall to low level

Groundwater levels in Fife were at their lowest April averages on record, sparking a warning to consumers.

Scots urged to take shorter showers and avoid using hoses after 'driest period in 60 years'

Scottish Water said it has been the driest start to the year since 1964.

How Scots are being urged to save water after driest start to year in decades

Scottish Water says Scots now using 178 litres of water per person per day

Scottish Water warning after driest period in 60 years

The firm said Scotland had been using around an extra 150 million litres of water a day since the middle of April.

Scottish Water Urge Customers to Use Water Efficiently

Scottish Water are calling on people to use water as efficiently as possible in homes and gardens and help the utility to protect resources and maintain normal supplies across the country. With forecasts of more dry and warm weather to come, following the driest start to the year across Scotland since 1964, the company is working to ensure its supply systems can cope with demand, which has increased during the recent dry weather, and is urging p…

Scotland is in the grip of its worst drought since 1964. Waterworks has issued a series of recommendations to residents due to rising water consumption, including urging residents to shorten their shower time and water plants with a watering can instead of a garden hose.